In addition to the Point Conversion Tables (below), the following tables, presented elsewhere on CircuitousRoot, may be of use to the typefounder.
A Typefounders' History of the Inch
[NOT ONLINE YET] Depressingly convoluted.
History and Size of the Point
1902 ATF values for points in decimal inches, compared with modern values. [UNFINISHED; NOT ONLINE YET] A discussion of the history of the point and the definition and determination of its size.
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